The belt on a dryer is inside the body, usually accessed and changed as follows
most base dryers
- unplug dryer(220v is Not Fun)
- remove lint screen
- undo screws inside lint screen holder, screwing it to case lid (so lid can tilt up)
- with putty knife or other blunt blade, release spring catches under front corners of case lid
- raise case lid
- remove screws 1/3 way down front corners of body holding front panel on
- remove door switch cable from door switch
- lift door off set aside
maytag
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remove screws from bottom bend of front panel
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lift front panel off
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remove doo switch cable
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sent front panel aside
- drum motor felts and bearings are now accessible.
- lift drum and withdraw fully forwards
- with drum removed check support rollers for free movement, check drum slides and/or drum felts for wear, easier to replace now, if worn, than have bearings or slides cause belt to break again.
- loop belt loosely around drum at wear marks from prior installation
- reinsert drum onto rollers bearings slides felts as installed.
- loop belt around motor pulley
- pull tensioner pulley against spring to end of its travel
- loop belt around tensioner pulley
- relax tensioner pulley to tighten belt
- rotate drum by hand to ensure belt is aligned
reassemble case in reverse order.
Notes
There are not many belt, felt, support roller sizes the local parts guy will have a belt, felt, roller to fit,
Tensioner pulley may not be in place, breaking belts often pull them out of their mounts, the pulley and spring will be lying on the case floor, there is only one way they fit in to their mounts so they are easy to reinstall
tensioner sketch is approximate, pulley may be on top run pulling down, or bottom run pushing up
the repair is easy, it takes longer to type or read this than it does to repair the dryer
Belts ~$14 Support Rollers ~$14/pair, felts/slides upto ~$25
New dryer +$200 - its a good repair
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